Brave New Digital World
Facebook’s Russian Business Model

The social media giant is to technology what Russia has been to geopolitics.

News Analysis
Why France Feels (Relatively) Comfortable with Trump’s America

Why have Germany and the UK found themselves thrown so badly off-balance by the insurgent Trump Administration while France has been relatively unmoved?

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illiberalism rising
Democracy’s Gravediggers

There are lessons to be learned for the United States in studying democratic decline abroad, but it’s also easy to take the comparisons too far.

News Analysis
Macron’s Risky American Bet

By offering cooperation on China, he might be able to get concessions out of Donald Trump. But will it be enough?

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The Best Words
Trump and the Future of English

The President’s language usage reflects less how we will use language than ways that we actually already do.

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U.S.-Japan Relations
A Raw Deal for Shinzo Abe?

The Mar-a-Lago summit exposed the limits of Abe’s personal rapport with Trump, and the costs of Trump’s transactional approach—but if Abe plays his cards right, it could become a positive turning point for the alliance.

New Cold War…Not

If we misuse terms, our thinking becomes muddled. Take the suddenly ubiquitous phrase: “new Cold War.”

Pushing Back
Countering a Kleptocratic Kremlin

We must remember that predatory authoritarianism is not stamped into the Russian DNA.

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Eminent Domain
Divided Over a House

A new movie about the famous eminent domain case Kelo v. New London shows us more than a fight about a house. It shows us a conflict between two core American values.

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Campus Life
Professors Support Free Speech

Students may favor safe spaces, but profs have their priorities straight: Most agree that free speech is necessary to higher education.

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